About Burning Settlers Cabin

What is Burning Settlers Cabin? Is anyone in danger?Burning Settlers Cabin was founded by Sean Adams in 2008. The goal at Burning Settlers Cabin is simple; find great design and culture from the past to the present, and share it with no pretense. The ideas and images may be hot, but fear not, there are no settlers on fire.

Work produced between 1994 to 2013 was designed at AdamsMorioka with a great team of designers,

Sean Adams Biography

Sean Adams, Art Center College of DesignSean Adams is the Executive Director of the Graphic Design Graduate Program at ArtCenter, and founder of Burning Settlers Cabin. He is the only two term AIGA national president in the organization’s history. In 2014, Adams was awarded the AIGA Medal, the highest honor in the profession. He currently is on the editorial board and writes for Design Observer. Previously, Adams was a founding partner of AdamsMorioka.50 words

Sean Adams, Art Center College of Design

Sean Adams is the Executive Director of the Graphic Design Graduate Program at ArtCenter College of Design, founder of Burning Settlers Cabin, author of multiple books, and on-screen author for LinkedIn Learning. He is the only two-term AIGA national president in AIGA’s 100-year history. In 2014, Adams was awarded the AIGA Medal, the highest honor in the profession. He currently is on the editorial board and writes for Design Observer.

Adams is an AIGA and Aspen Design Fellow. He has been widely recognized by every major competition and publication, including a solo exhibition at SFMOMA. Adams has been cited as one of the forty most important people shaping design internationally, and one of the top ten influential designers in the United States. Previously, Adams was a founding partner of AdamsMorioka.100 words

Sean Adams, Art Center College of DesignSean Adams is the Executive Director of the Graphic Design Graduate Program at ArtCenter, founder of Burning Settlers Cabin, and on-screen author for LinkedIn Learning. He is the only two term AIGA national president in AIGA’s 100 year history. In 2014, Adams was awarded the AIGA Medal, the highest honor in the profession. He currently is on the editorial board and writes for Design Observer.

Adams is an AIGA Fellow, and Aspen Design Fellow. He has been recognized by every major competition and publication including; How, Print, Step, Communication Arts, Graphis, AIGA, The Type Directors Club, The British Art Director’s Club, and the Art Director’s Club. Adams has been exhibited often, including a solo exhibition at The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Adams is an author of multiple magazine columns, and several best-selling books. He has been cited as one of the forty most important people shaping design internationally, and one of the top ten influential designers in the United States. Previously, Adams was a founding partner at AdamsMorioka.

His clients have included The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Disney, Mohawk Fine Papers, The Metropolitan Opera, Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Richard Meier & Partners, Sundance, and the University of Southern California.200 words

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Above: photographs by Luke Deming. Please credit Blake Deming

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